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How hypnosis can alter the brain’s perception of pain

...who can benefit and when he uses hypnosis on himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSZ9q9Shr6s&ab_channel=StanfordMedicine How do you define hypnosis in a medical sense? Hypnosis is just a state of highly focused attention, like...

Feeling anxious about the coronavirus? A Stanford psychiatrist offers tips

...read a novel, or write a poem, or listen to music. This helps you put the stressors into perspective. I do a lot of work teaching self-hypnosis, which helps separate...

National opioid group addresses challenge of addiction and pain management

...interventions such as physical therapy, hypnosis and acupuncture, and other pain-relief tactics -- including opioids. "If we treat pain better, with all the options available to us, then patients will...

To help patients quash pain, researcher develops practical guide for health care providers

...pain management techniques using cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, hypnosis and biofeedback. One of the biggest problems for patients trying to develop cognitive and behavioral skills to reduce pain is the...

Editorial shows importance of looking beyond medications to treat pain

...that directly affect pain pathways toward treatments like hypnosis and other strategies that effectively moderate the feeling of pain. That need is particularly urgent given the risk of opioid misuse...

Teaching patients in pain self hypnosis could help curb the opioid crisis, Stanford researcher says

Stanford psychiatrist David Spiegel, MD, began his talk, "Replacing opioids with hypnosis for pain treatment," at last month's World Economic Forum by addressing the elephant in the room. “There’s a...

Not everyone can be hypnotized – and researchers are one step closer to understanding why

...in an Author Interview on the journal's website. Previously: Easing pain and improving recovery with hypnosis and More patients turning to hypnosis to help ease symptoms Photo by Alta Oosthuizen...